re·gius professor

(rē′jəs, -jē-əs)

One holding a professorship established by royal subsidy at any of certain older British universities.

[From Latin rēgius, royal, from rēx, rēg-, king; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

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Regius professor

(ˈriːdʒɪəs)

1. (Education) (also without capital) Brit a person appointed by the Crown to a university chair founded by a royal patron

2. (Professions) (also without capital) Brit a person appointed by the Crown to a university chair founded by a royal patron

[C17: regius, from Latin: royal, from rex king]

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Regius professor

A professor at some British universities who has been appointed by the Crown to a chair established by royal patronage.

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Regius professor - holder of a British professorship created by a royal patron

prof, professor - someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university

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[1] Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800-1882), champion of the orthodoxy of revealed religion, defender of the Oxford movement, and Regius professor of Hebrew and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford.

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He was, it appeared, a Regius Professor and the author of some half-dozen works on sociology--a record, Owen felt, that almost justified loaf-slinging and earhole clipping in moments of irritation.

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Eleven are devoted to subjects and aspects of military history; five to strategic studies -- the field Sir Michael mainly addressed during his periods as Chichele and then Regius Professor at Oxford and most recently at Yale.

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Sir Charles Illingworth was Regius Professor of Surgery at the University and Head of the Department of Surgery at Glasgow Western Infirmary.

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-- Project Syndicate * Christopher Pissarides is a Nobel laureate economist and Regius Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics.

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